Yelkanum Seclamatan

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Yelkanum Seclamatan
Tribe	Nooksack
Born	Squahalish, Washington
Died	Lynden, Washington
Native name	Y’elʔqáy’nem Selh’émeten
Nickname(s)	Lynden Jim or Indian Jim
Religious beliefs	Christian (Methodist)
Spouse(s)	Fannie Clara Tennant
Children
Relatives	Nina (sister; died 1875)

Yelkanum Seclamatan (pronounced /jɛlˈkeɪnəm səˈklæmətən/ yel-kay-nəm sə-klam-ə-tən; Nooksack: Y’elʔqáy’nem Selh’émeten [jˀəlʔˈqæjˀnəm səˈɬʼəməˌtən]; died April 1911), also known as Chief Jim, Indian Jim, Lynden Jim, or Squahalish Jim, was chief of the Nooksack Indians in the late 19th century. His first name has variously been spelled Yellakanim, Yallakanum, or Yellow Kanim, and his last name Seklameten or Seclamatum.

Life

Clara Tennant, one of Yelkanum's wives.

In the late 1870s, Yelkanum contributed portions of his land to be used in the construction of a Nooksack Indian Methodist School^[1] by Clara and Rev. John Tennant (after whom Tennant Lake is named). In 1893 Tennant died of a stroke, and ten years later Yelkanum married his Lummi wife Clara Tennant. However, three months after their marriage Clara died of pneumonia.^[1]

Yelkanum's death was announced in The Bellingham Herald on April 27, 1911.^[2] At the time he lived with his granddaughter Emily Williams.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} http://www.acadweb.wwu.edu/cpnws/centennial/people/tennant.html
2. ^ http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?ammem/aipn:@field(SUBJ+@od1(Yellakanim,+Jim++Nooksack+Indian+))

Persondata
Name	Seclamatum, Yelkanum
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth
Place of birth	Squahalish, Washington
Date of death	1911
Place of death	Lynden, Washington